Understanding Language is another valuable website that addresses language and literacy for English Language Learners as they relate to the Common Core State Standards.

The US Department of Education/Institute of Education Sciences and the National Center for Educational Research provided funding for the VASE project. To reach our official IES site, please go to our IES funded research page.

The VINE Consortium is a collective of researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of California, Merced, who are interested in innovative vocabulary research. The three links below provide an overview of the Consortium’s recent research activities involving vocabulary assessment (VASE), the development of word consciousness (VINE), and the integration of technology with vocabulary (tecWAVE).

We are dedicated to developing theoretically driven and classroom-tested techniques that enhance the word learning of all children.